WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * As Trump Downplays Epstein, Wyden Unveils Details of Treasury's Undisclosed Epstein File Finance Committee Ranking Democrat Continues Years-Long, Follow-the-Money Investigation of Epstein Finances * As Prepared for Delivery Donald Trump says a lot of outlandish stuff. I don't think he's said anything more outrageous or stunning than what  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bonamici, Bacon Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Affordable Manufactured Housing * WASHINGTON, DC [7/17/25] -Today Representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Don Bacon (R-NE) introduced bipartisan legislation to support manufactured housing communities. The Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) Act would help preserve and revitalize manufactured housing  more

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 18 -- Breeze Airways, a domestic airlines, issued the following news release: * * * Breeze Airways Announces West Coast Expansion with Service to Five New Cities New Breeze Service to California, Oregon, and Washington to Begin in March 2026 * SALT LAKE CITY (July 17, 2025) - Breeze Airways, the premium leisure carrier connecting underserved cities across the U.S., today announced it will be bringing its affordable, accessible air service to five new cities on the  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Janelle Bynum, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Bynum Introduces Legislation to Examine the Impacts of Microplastics * Washington, D.C. - Today, Rep. Janelle Bynum (OR-05), alongside Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Rick Scott (R-FL), and Representative Greg Steube (FL-17), introduced the Microplastics Safety Act. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation requires the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the first time to conduct a study on the hea  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles * PORTLAND, Ore. -- Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying protections to the imperiled North Oregon Coast population of red tree voles. The voles spend most of their lives in the upper branches of the Oregon Coast's mature and old-growth forests. The Service's 2024 decision to deny  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 18 -- Oregon Wild posted the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Lawsuit Aims to Protect Oregon Coast Red Tree Voles PORTLAND, OR -- Conservation groups sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today for denying protections to the imperiled North Oregon Coast population of red tree voles. The voles spend most of their lives in the upper branches of the Oregon Coast's mature and old-growth forests. The Service's 2024 decision to deny life-saving Endangered Spe  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 17 [Category: Sociological] -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Mercy Corps: The Human Toll of U.S. Foreign Aid Cuts Six Months On * Six months after the U.S. Government began terminating nearly 10,000 foreign aid programs, millions of people around the world have been cut off from food, water, shelter, health care, and other life-saving support. The human consequences have been devastating and are still mounting. Independent data paints a gri  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley Stands to Prevent Trump Cuts to Peace Institute Started by Late OR Senator Hatfield * Republicans blocked amendment to " Rescissions Package " to save the United States Institute of Peace from being gutted WASHINGTON, DC - Last night, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and a senior member of the Senate Appropriations and Foreign Relations Commi  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Merkley Statement on Senate Republicans Rubber Stamping the Trump Administration's Disastrous DOGE Cuts Senate Republicans Green-lit Cuts to Foreign Aid, Local Public Broadcasting; Trump Administration's Actions of Impounding Funds Remain Illegal * U.S Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and a seni  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Bonamici, Oregon Delegation Slam Trump Education Funding Cuts Harming Schools Across the State * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) led the Oregon Democratic delegation--Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)--to demand the Trump   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Bonamici, Oregon Delegation Slam Trump Education Funding Cuts Harming Schools Across the State * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) led the Oregon Democratic delegation--Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)--to demand the Tr  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Bonamici, Oregon Delegation Slam Trump Education Funding Cuts Harming Schools Across the State * Washington, D.C. - Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Representative Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) led the Oregon Democratic delegation--Senator Ron Wyden and U.S. Representatives Val Hoyle (OR-04), Andrea Salinas (OR-06), Maxine Dexter (OR-03), and Janelle Bynum (OR-05)--to demand the Trump Adm  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Merkley, Bynum, Scott, Steube Highlight Dangers of Microplastics with New Bipartisan Bill * Washington, D.C. - Today, Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and U.S. Congresswoman Janelle Bynum (OR-05) partnered with Florida's U.S. Senator Rick Scott and U.S. Congressman Greg Steube (FL-17) to introduce the bipartisan Microplastics Safety Act. The new legislation is a critical step forward in better unde  more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Val Hoyle, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Oregon Delegation Slams Trump Education Funding Cuts Harming Schools Across the State * For Immediate Release: July 17, 2025 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Val Hoyle (OR-04) joined the rest the Oregon's democratic federal delegation to demand the Trump Administration reverse its abrupt cutoff of more than $73 million in federal education funds for Oregon, harming afterschool programs, s  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, July 18 -- Oregon Public Broadcasting issued the following news release: * * * President's Update: Federal funding for public media eliminated On July 18, Congress eliminated federal funding for public media - an unprecedented action against communities that rely on our network of factual journalism and programming, freely available to everyone. President Donald Trump will soon make this defunding final. In this challenging moment, OPB will not back down. I arrived here te  more

ASHLAND, Oregon, July 18 -- Southern Oregon University issued the following news release: * * * SOU students step up for solar energy project (Ashland, Ore.) -- A solar energy project approved recently by Southern Oregon University's student government will generate both electricity and a steady flow of income for the university's Student Food Pantry. The Associated Students of SOU gave the go-ahead to spend $91,768 from the ASSOU Green Fund on a sustainability student's proposal to replace   more

WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden Demands Answers on Shadowy, Mass Collection of DNA from Immigrants by DHS * Agents Often Take DNA Without Explanation, Including from Thousands of Children; DNA Surveillance Targets Immigrant Communities and Resembles Authoritarian Government Practices Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, D-Ore., slammed the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice for massively expanding  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 17, 2025: * * * Wyden Statement on Trump Action to Throw Kids and Their Families Off Medicaid and CHIP Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., statement after the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced they will not allow states in the future to let children keep their health coverage without unnecessary red tape. Begin  more